Here is the latest version of ROX, v. 2.10
There have been +/- 80 tweeks and updates since ROX 2.6.1, which is still used in (very) recent puppies. So I think this is justified.

Improvements (according to the history of the ROX program) include tighter integration with archivers and MIME-types, etc. As for me, I like that v. 2.10 facilitates use of the rox-panel (actually, from v. 2.8 up).

Made with BK's latest compile (rox-filer-20100408smw-patched.tar.gz), this build is as "puppy-istic" as you can get.

ROX 2.10 is still in "beta"; however it works fully, to my knowledge, in jemimah's Fluppy. I've noticed an iconization bug in mywolfe and wary.
Untried under other puppies; if it works on yours, please let us know ?!

How-To:
ROX is an essential component of Puppy, so... it's better to be on the safe side...
1) make a copy of your existing ROX-Filer in your /usr/local/apps sub-directory under a different name, e.g. ROX-Filer-2.6.1, before you install this package.

1a) Better still, if you have a frugal install, make a copy of your entire pupsave file first.

2) Erase the original ROX-Filer directory

3) Install this pet package.

4) Once ROX-2.10 is installed, immediately go the prompt with ctrl-alt-backspace and type xwin. (Alternately, you can restart the X-windows manager from your exit or session panel.)

5) You should now be back in your X-windows environment. To double-check that everything is ok, bring up a console and type

Code:

rox -v

If the new ROX installed properly, the version number near the top should read : "ROX 2.10"

I'm really surprised that nobody has written to give you ANY feedback whatsoever on this - especially after you've taken of your good time and effort to have updated one of the MAJOR Puppy programmes for us! Hmmm... c'est vraiment etonne je t'assure!

I was perhaps one of the very first to have downloaded your ROX-Filer, and I have placed it everywhere, in my KDpup, my Puppy-4.2.1, my Quirky-1.2, and here in my Luci-205, and I'm pleased to report to you that it has worked flawlessly!

Perhaps it is a "beta" version yet one would never know of this fact! Thumbs up mon ami.

As to the menu entry, here's one that will display in English in the menu. (Sorry about the oversight.) Just drop this one in the /usr/share/applications. directory. It will overwrite the French one. I'll look into the way to use localisations in .desktop files, but for now this should do nicely.

To get it to appear:
- open a console and type "fixmenus &" (without the quotes). It will take a few seconds.
- open the jwm Menu, go to Session, and then to "Restart jwm". The screen will flicker, after which the new entry should be there, in place of the old one.

As to a .pet file being opened by Firefox, it will do that if you don't choose to download and save in a certain directory (as a separate move) and then install by clicking on the .pet file. In most puppies, the user can use pupzip through the browser (Firefox or Opera) to install .pet files sort of automatically. It's nothing to worry about, it's a nice feature actually, since the pet file gets installed anyway. The only drawback is that this process doesn't keep a copy of your downloaded .pet file in your downloads directory.

I have been overly cautious on purpose in my explanations, since ROX is a major component of the Puppy desktop. I wanted people to have the old version of ROX to fall back on if something went wrong. But it seems everything is going ok!

Have a good one! BFN.

ROX-Filer-file-manager.desktop.zip

Description

ROX-2.10 .desktop file in English. Unzip and copy at /usr/share/applications as a drop-in replacement if you need it.

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